mutool barcode¶

The barcode command is used to either decode a barcode from an image or document, or to create a new barcode image.

This command may not be available!

It is only present if MuPDF was compiled with the ZXing barcode library.

Decoding barcodes¶

mutool barcode -d [options] file1.pdf [pages1] [file2.pdf [pages2] ...]

[options]

Options are as follows:

-p password: Use the specified password if the file is encrypted.
-o output: The output file name (e.g. “output.txt”). If this option is not present, any text from decoded barcodes will be printed to standard out.
-r rotation: How much to rotate the input pages in degrees (0-360), before trying to decode any barcodes.

file1 and file2, etc.

Input file name. The input can be any of the supported document formats.

[pages1] and pages2, etc.

Comma separated list of page ranges. The first page is “1”, and the last page is “N”. The default is “1-N”.

Encoding barcodes¶

mutool barcode -c [options] text

[options]

Options are as follows:

-o output

The output file name. PNG or PDF format is chosen depending on the file extension. If none is given, the default is out.png.

-F format

The desired output barcode format:

aztec
codabar
code39
code93
code128
databar
databarexpanded
datamatrix
ean8
ean13
itf
maxicode
pdf417
qrcode
upca
upce
microqrcode
rmqrcode
dxfilmedge
databarlimited

-s size

Set size in pixels for the output barcode. If not specified, the smallest size that can be decoded is chosen.

-q

Add quiet zones around the barcode. This puts an empty margin around created barcodes.

-t

Add human-readable text, when available. Some barcodes, e.g. EAN-13, may have the barcode contents printed in human-readable text next to the barcode, which is enabled by this flag.

-e level

Set error correction level (0-8). Some barcodes, e.g. QR-codes, support several levels of error correction, which can be customized through this option.

text

The text to be encoded into a barcode.